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        <text>DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6406.</text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the Inspector General Act of 1878 to require presidential appointment of the Inspector General of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of integrity and demonstrated ability in accounting, auditing, financial analysis, law, management analysis, public administration, or investigations.<br> </p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to include the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the CFTC within the definitions of &quot;head of the establishment&quot; and &quot;establishment,&quot; respectively, and to exclude the CFTC from the definition of &quot;designated federal entity,&quot; for purposes of that Act (thus elevating the Inspector General of the CFTC to an Inspector General appointed under that Act).</p><p></p><p></p>]]></text>
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    <title>To elevate the Inspector General of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to an Inspector General appointed pursuant to section 3 of the Inspector General Act of 1978.</title>
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